Archives - 14 May 2017, Sunday

WASHINGTON -- Nearly four months into his presidency, Donald Trump’s White House has not set up a promised hotline for veterans’ complaints that he vowed would speed up reforms at the Department of Veterans Affairs. The idea was part of candidate Trump’s 10-point plan to help veterans...

WASHINGTON — A prominent Turkish newspaper has demanded the eviction of U.S. troops and warplanes from Incirlik Air Base as fallout there worsens from the Trump administration's controversial move to arm a Kurdish militia fighting the Islamic State in neighboring Syria. In a front-pag...

That prompted Weir to come up with an alternative combination of materials that would produce the same result without shattering. The academy put her in touch with a chemistry adviser who wanted to research body armor, and he suggested a shear thickening fluid as an alternative to the...

What's old is new again as Sergeant Major of the Army Dan Dailey pushes ahead on bringing back a vintage uniform. The Army's top enlisted soldier is heading to the next uniform board meeting, armed with the results of an exclusive Army Times survey, to make the case for bringing back ...

Confronted by this dereliction of duty, Republicans – including the chairman of House Veterans Affairs Committee, Phil Roe – are now arguing that a Treasury Department rule instituted under the previous Administration will obviate concerns about veteran eligibility for tax credits. Bu...

The Army and Marine Corps continue to work together to try and reduce the weight of troops' body armor, according to a recent government study. The study by the Government Accountability Office noted joint efforts to reduce the weight of body armor and listed multiple options in the w...

Mental health disorders are relatively common within civilian and military communities, but with early treatment, most mental health disorders can be effectively treated, and patients can return to mental wellness. While invisible wounds like post-traumatic stress disorder and traumat...

Related:

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A North Carolina military museum located near one of the nation's largest Army bases will pay tribute later this month to the dogs who work with the country's elite soldiers. The Fayetteville Observer reports the Airborne & Special Operations Museum in Fayettevill...

Related:

India's longest river bridge, capable of withstanding the weight of a 60-tonne battle tank, will be inaugurated in Assam close to the border with China on May 26 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. With the inauguration of the 9.15-km-long Dhola-Sadiya bridge over the Brahmaputra river, ...

Before delving into the many hurdles faced by leaders of millennials today as well as some potential answers to those problems, it is important to understand that although millennials come with a healthy set of issues, they have many positive qualities that, if the hurdles can be over...

Research carried at the Belfer Centre for Science and International Affairs by Dr Mansoor Ahmed has shown how India is expanding its unsafeguarded nuclear power programme in a three-stage plan. New Delhi has already declared construction of various types of nuclear reactors. This capa...

NEW LONDON, Conn. — The U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London is welcoming Republican President Donald Trump this week to deliver a commencement address. Trump is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the invitation-only graduation ceremony on Wednesday morning. Each year, the ...

Related:

- First strikes *deep inside Afghanistan*. No COAS ever conducted strikes inside another country before. Killed hundreds of terrorists in weeks. - Capture of Ehsan Ullah Ehsan, the *biggest leader of TTP that has been caught so far*. - Formation of *military courts after they expired*...

Did spies target NATO secrets during the Cold War? An expert tells the stories of some of the most notorious spies who trafficked in NATO secrets during the Cold War. This video is part of the Espionage Uncovered series.

As China opened one of its biggest foreign policy initiatives since 1949 - the One Belt One Road (OBOR) summit in Beijing, which is being attended by heads of state and government of over 23 nations, including Pakistan, protests broke out in Gilgit-Baltistan against the ongoing constr...

The launch of a new ballistic missile test by North Korea this morning (14 May 2017) is a new flagrant breach of a series of United Nations Security Council Resolutions, constituting a threat to international peace and security. This is a time when de-escalation is needed, not provoca...

Trump, Saudi Prince bin Salman Most Dangerous Men in the World: Report A British newspaper has termed US president Donald Trump and Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman are the most dangerous men in the world. Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Youth, Run over Palestinian Child ...

In an exclusive interview to geo.tv, the former face of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA) Ehsanullah Ehsan has claimed that Indian spy agency RAW’s main aim is to stoke communal tension in Pakistan. Speaking to journalist Saleem Safi in his news s...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan signed new deals with China on Saturday worth nearly $500 million ahead of Beijing's international forum on its "Silk Road" trade and infrastructure initiative for Asia, Africa and Europe, the Pakistani government said. The memorandums of understanding add to $57 b...

KABUL, Afghanistan – More than 70 wounded Afghan soldiers and veterans competed at a NATO base on Saturday for a chance to participate in the annual international wounded warrior Invictus Games, which will take place in Toronto in September. Inside the Resolute Support headquarters gy...

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A North Carolina military museum located near one of the nation's largest Army bases will pay tribute later this month to the dogs who work with the country's elite soldiers. The Fayetteville Observer reports the Airborne & Special Operations Museum in Fayettevill...

Related:

Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email Up to 9,000 British heroes who served Queen and country are homeless after leaving the military, a Sunday Mirror investigation reveals today. Shockingly, ...

FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota National Air Guard's 119th Wing will receive two unmanned aircraft this summer. The National Guard says the move is part of the U.S. Air Force's larger plan to upgrade its remotely piloted capability. The aircraft is called the MQ-9 Reaper. It's a multi-...

Related:

The Commandant of Risalpur very kindly then conducted me on a tour of my old haunts around the airfield. I had hoped to meet up with a fellow instructor of mine who had just retired as Chief of the Pakistan Air Force but unfortunately he was in his village west of Peshawar and could n...

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Sunday test-launched a ballistic missile that flew for half an hour and reached an unusually high altitude before landing in the Sea of Japan, the South Korean, Japanese and U.S. militaries said. The launch, which Tokyo said could be of a new type o...

WIESBADEN, Germany -- U.S. Army and German Army Signal Soldiers stood side-by-side in formation during a ceremony to formalize a working partnership between their units April 25, 2017 in Bonn. The ceremony formalized working partnerships that have been ongoing for about two years betw...

Related:

Although the IDF military network was not thought to have been affected, a widespread cyberattack using an NSA cyber tool exploiting an operating system flaw in Windows servers reignited fears of global network shutdowns and bolstered calls for added cyber security, implying that virt...

Related:

WASHINGTON — Final score: Republicans 14, Barack Obama's last-minute regulations, one. Congressional Republicans anxious to show voters they can get something done are hailing their reversal of more than a dozen Obama-era regulations on guns, the internet and the environment. Over a f...

US spy aircraft intercepted by Russia over Black Sea Iran Press TV Fri May 12, 2017 2:6PM The Russian Defense Ministry says an Su-30 aircraft has intercepted a US surveillance plane over the Black Sea while it was approaching the Russian border earlier this week. The incident took pla...